Chapter 113 VALET PARKING - Grand Rapids, Michigan

Chapter 113 VALET PARKING

Chapter 113  VALET PARKING

Sec. 7.581.  Definitions.
Sec. 7.582.  Valet Parking Licenses.
Sec. 7.583.  Application of Substantive Provisions.
Sec. 7.584.  Application for License.
Sec. 7.585.  Corporations and Partnerships.
Sec. 7.586.  License Fee and Investigation.
Sec. 7.587.  Insurance.
Sec. 7.588.  Issuance or Denial of License; Appeals of Decisions Under this Chapter.
Sec. 7.589.  Fees.
Sec. 7.590.  Revocation or Suspension of Licenses.
Sec. 7.591.  Substantive and Operational Requirements.
Sec. 7.592.  Requirements for Employees.
Sec. 7.593.  Compliance with Applicable Laws.
Sec. 7.594.  Pre-Application Requirements.
Sec. 7.595.  Valet Parking Services Requirements.
Sec. 7.596.  Valet Parking Plan; Modification of Valet Parking Plan.
Sec. 7.597.  Terms of the License.
Sec. 7.598.  Suspension or Revocation of License and Administrative Fines.
Sec. 7.599.  Waiver of Licensing Requirements for Certain Events.

Sec. 7.581.  Definitions.

The following terms shall have the definitions indicated for the purposes of this Chapter:

(1)   Licensee:  means any person or entity licensed as a valet parking operation or hired as an
independent contractor by a valet client business to perform valet services for the valet client
business or the valet client business valet customers. The term includes the valet client business
itself where the valet client business does not hire a valet parking licensee as an independent
contractor, but, instead, performs parking valet services for its valet customers by means of its own
employees. 

(2)   Person:  means a natural person, a corporation, a partnership, any other form of business entity
and any business or commercial operation or establishment, whether operated for profit or not for
profit, including, but not limited to, hotels, motels, restaurants, bars, taverns, retail establishments of
any kind, office buildings, schools, colleges, wedding and reception halls, arenas, theatres, concert
halls, and hospitals. The term does not include private residences. 

(3)   Premises:  means private real property. 

(4)   Valet Attendant or employee:  means any person hired by a licensee to perform valet services
for the licensee, a valet client business, or the valet client business' valet customers. 

(5)   Valet Client Business:  means a business that hires or contracts with a valet parking licensee to
perform valet services for valet customers of the business. 

(6)   Valet Customer:  means a customer, employee, visitor, or other person who owns or operates a
vehicle that receives valet parking services and all drivers and passengers of such a vehicle. 

(7)   Valet Drop-Off Location:  means a place approved by the City at or near the valet client
business' location where valet customers and their passengers embark and disembark from their
vehicles and load or unload their vehicles when utilizing valet services at the valet client business or
when otherwise using the services of a licensee. 

(8)   Valet Parking Lot:  means a parking lot or lots or other place or places where the licensee, valet
parking operator or valet attendant or employees lawfully park one (1) or more valet customers'

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vehicles until the vehicle is retrieved by a licensee, valet attendant, or the valet customer. 

(9)   Valet Parking Receipt:  means a piece of paper or token with a unique number, letter, or symbol
which identifies and connects the valet customer with his or her vehicle, which is issued in triplicate,
one (1) copy of which is given to the valet customer, one (1) copy of which is attached to the key to
the valet customer's vehicle and kept at the valet station, and one (1) copy of which is left in the
interior of the valet customer's vehicle on the dash or at some other place where the receipt is visible
from the exterior of the vehicle when looking at or through the windshield of the vehicle. 

(10)   Valet Parking Sign:  means a fixed or movable sign, approved by the City, which is placed on,
in or near the public right-of-way stating that valet parking is available at that location. 

(11)   Valet Parking Services:  means any act of assisting a valet customer driving a vehicle to park
or retrieve the vehicle for a valet customer while the valet customer visits, works at, or patronizes a
valet client business or which valet customer otherwise avails himself or herself of the services of a
licensee. The term does not include merely loading or unloading people, animals or cargo from a
vehicle, opening or closing door of vehicles, greeting customers and patrons in vehicles or giving
directions for parking unless such activities are connected with the operation of the valet customer's
vehicle. 

(12)   Valet Parking Station:  means a table, podium, desk, or similar place at or near the valet client
business where one (1) copy of the valet parking receipts and keys to the valet customers' vehicles
are kept and where valet customers may retrieve the keys to their vehicles. 

(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.582.  Valet Parking Licenses.

No person shall solicit or perform the operation of vehicles for the purpose of storage or parking or perform
any other valet parking services unless the person holds a valid and unrevoked valet parking license or otherwise
complies with the requirements of this Chapter. This provision shall not apply to any business which provides such
parking or storage solely on its own property and does not use the public streets for pick-up, drop-off, or movement
of vehicles.

There shall be two (2) types of valet parking licenses:

(a)   A fixed location valet parking license shall be required for any person who performs valet
parking services at a business or place of public assembly that utilizes valet parking services on a
daily or other regular basis more than eleven (11) times a year. Any location which uses valet
parking services twelve (12) or more times a year or at least once each month requires a fixed
location valet parking license. Applications for fixed location valet parking licenses shall include
verification by the owner or operator of an off-street parking garage, lot or other premises where
vehicles may be lawfully parked that a specified number of parking spaces will be guaranteed for the
use of the applicant at all times when the valet parking operation will be open for business.

(b)   A special event valet parking license shall be required of any licensee who performs valet
parking services at any location other than those defined as fixed locations in subdivision (a) of this
section. Applications for a special event valet parking license shall include verification by the owner or
operator of an off-street parking garage, lot or other premises where vehicles may be lawfully parked
that a specified number of parking spaces will be guaranteed for the use of the applicant for the
duration of the special event for which the license is being issued.

Each special event valet parking license applicant shall provide the City with seven (7) days advance written
notice of the location, date, and hours of each special event valet parking operation which the license applicant
proposes to perform, or, if seven (7) days advance notice is impossible, the license applicant shall notify the City as
soon as is possible after the license applicant's services are engaged for an event. The City shall not approve a
special event valet parking license at a given location if it finds that there are insufficient parking spaces in the area,

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if a traffic or pedestrian hazard or traffic or pedestrian congestion may or will be created by the operation, if the
proposed operation poses any other immediate threat to the public health, safety or welfare, or if the license holder
has not presented an adequate plan to park the vehicles legally.

There shall be no appeal from the City's denial unless the notice of an intended event at a particular location
has been given twenty (20) or more days before the event, in which case appeal shall be to the City Manager or the
City Manager's designee.
(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.583.  Application of Substantive Provisions.
The substantive provisions of this Chapter are intended to apply to all persons offering or performing valet

parking services whether licensed or not. It is the intent of this Chapter that the failure to obtain a license shall not
excuse compliance with the remaining requirements set out in this Chapter.
(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.584.  Application for License.
Any person desiring a fixed location valet parking license or a special event valet parking license shall, prior

to engaging in any valet parking business, make an application for a license with the City Clerk on an application in
a form to be determined and provided by the City Clerk. Such application shall, in addition to information required
by the City Clerk, include the following information:

(a)   Name, residence, and telephone number of the applicant;
(b)   Any previous address of the applicant during the five (5) years immediately prior to the present
address of the applicant;
(c)   Social security number, date of birth, and driver's license number applicant. The applicant shall
also disclose whether the applicant's driver's license is currently, or has within the past five (5) years
been, revoked, suspended or denied and the reason for such action;
(d)   Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of any crime, including misdemeanor violations.
For each such conviction, the applicant shall state the place and court in which any such conviction
was had, the specific charge of which convicted and the sentence imposed as a result of such
conviction;
(e)   The location of the valet client business or special event at which the valet parking services will
be performed, the location of the drop-off and pick-up site(s), the off-street parking location at which
vehicles will be parked and the number of parking spaces available at that location, and a proposed
valet parking plan as specified in this Chapter which is specific to the applicant and a particular
location;
(f)   Such other identification, including fingerprints, and such other information as the City Clerk shall
determine is necessary to conduct an investigation as to whether the applicant can serve the public
in a fair, safe, honest and competent manner;
(g)   A separately signed waiver and release authorizing the City, its officers, agents, and employees
to seek information and to conduct an investigation into the applicant's ability to serve the public in a
fair, safe, honest and competent manner.
(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.585.  Corporations and Partnerships.

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If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation shall be set forth exactly as shown in its articles
of incorporation together with the names and residence addresses of each of the officers and directors of the
corporation. The information required for an individual license application shall be provided for each officer of the
corporation. If the applicant is a partnership, the information required for an individual license application shall be
supplied for each of the partners, including limited partners. If one (1) or more of the partners is a corporation, the
provisions, above, pertaining to a corporate applicant apply.

(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.586.  License Fee and Investigation.

All applications shall be accompanied by an unrefundable application fee in an amount to be determined by
the City Commission by resolution. Any sum charged for the taking or processing of fingerprints which may be
assessed by a law enforcement agency and any other costs which are incurred to obtain a license shall also be
paid by the applicant and shall not be refundable. Upon receipt of the application, the City Clerk shall refer the
application to the Police Department, the Traffic Safety Director, Parking Services, and such other Departments as
the City Clerk shall determine and all such Departments shall make any investigation necessary to recommend
approval or denial of the license.

(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.587.  Insurance.

The applicant shall meet the following insurance requirements throughout the term of any license issued
under this Chapter:

(a)   Workers' compensation insurance as required by state law;

(b)   Comprehensive general liability insurance with limits not less than five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000.00) each occurrence combined single limit bodily injury and property damage, including
contractual liability, personal injury, broad form property damage, products and completed operations
coverage. Coverage may be combined with the comprehensive automobile coverage.

(c)   Comprehensive automobile liability insurance with limits not less than five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000.00) each occurrence combined single limit bodily injury and property damage,
including owned, non-owned and hired auto coverage, as applicable. Coverage may be combined
with the comprehensive general liability coverage.

(d)   Garagekeepers' legal liability insurance with limits not less than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000.00) each occurrence, including coverage for fire and explosion, theft of the entire vehicle,
riot, civil commotion, malicious mischief and vandalism, collision or upset.

Comprehensive general liability, comprehensive automobile liability and garagekeepers' legal liability
insurance policies shall be endorsed to provide the following:

(1)   Name as additional insureds the City of Grand Rapids and its officers, agents, and
employees.

(2)   Provide that such policies are primary insurance to any other insurance available to the
additional insureds, with respect to any claims arising out of activities conducted under the
license, and that insurance applies separately to each insured against whom claim is made or
suit is brought.

All policies shall be endorsed to provide that thirty (30) days advance written notice to the City of any
change, cancellation, nonrenewal or reduction in coverage. Certificates of insurance, satisfactory to the City,
evidencing all coverage above shall be furnished to the City prior to issuance of a license or renewal of a license.

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Complete copies of the policies shall be furnished to the City upon request.
(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.588.  Issuance or Denial of License; Appeals of Decisions Under this Chapter.
The City Clerk shall issue a license as provided in this Chapter if all required information has been furnished

and the Clerk finds that:
(a)   The applicant can serve the public in a fair, safe, honest and competent manner.
(b)   The City Traffic Safety Director and the Parking Services Director have approved a written valet
parking plan for the valet parking license applicant and for each valet parking client business as
provided for in Section 7.596 of this Code. The valet parking plan shall demonstrate that the number
of proposed off-street parking spaces is sufficient to ensure that the valet parking operation will not
be required to use on-street public parking spaces for the parking or storage of vehicles, and that
such off-street spaces are not required parking for any other business or use during the time of
proposed use for valet parking.
(c)   The application has been reviewed and approved by other City departments to which it has been
referred.
(d)   That the applicant has not made any false, incomplete, misleading or fraudulent oral or written
statements in his or her application or to any person investigating the application.

The license shall be denied if all of the above findings cannot be made or if all of the information required is
not supplied to the City. The license shall also be denied if the applicant has taxes, fees, assessments or other
monies owing to the City. The license may be granted subject to conditions imposed by the City Clerk.

Appeals of license denials, license conditions and all appealable matters covered by this Chapter shall be
made as provided for in this Code.
(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.589.  Fees.
Any valet parking operation which makes temporary use of the public right-of-way for a valet station, for a

drop-off or pick-up area or for any other reason which denies the use of that portion of the right-of-way to the
general public shall pay to the City a fee for this use. The fee shall be determined by the City Commission by
resolution.
(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.590.  Revocation or Suspension of Licenses.
Any license issued under this chapter shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the City Clerk for

violation of, or for committing, causing or permitting another to commit or cause a violation of, any provision of
federal or state law or this Code or for any grounds that would warrant the denial of such licenses in the first
instance. Licensees employing others to perform work shall be jointly and severally responsible with the employees
for any violation of any provision of federal or state law or this Code.

Prior to the revocation of any license issued under this chapter, the licensee shall be entitled to a hearing as
provided for in this Code. Prior to the suspension of any license issued under this chapter for a period in excess of
ten (10) days, the licensee shall be entitled to a hearing as provided for in this Code. If a license issued under this
chapter, is revoked for less than ten (10) days, the licensee shall be entitled to a hearing as provided for in this
Code.

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(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.591.  Substantive and Operational Requirements.
(a)   The licensee shall have the license(s) required by this Code at the place where it is conducting any
valet parking activity under the license(s), and shall exhibit such license(s) on demand of any police officer
or other City employee providing identification as such.
(b)   A drop-off and pick-up site upon a public street or right-of-way shall only be at the City-approved
location set forth in the license. At no time shall vehicles be accepted for valet parking when stopped in a
traffic lane, nor shall vehicles be returned to customers in a traffic lane. At no time shall vehicles be double
parked on any street, highway, alley or other place open to the public for the operation of motor vehicles.
(c)   At no time shall a licensee use, or permit the use of, any parking space on any street for valet parking.
Unless expressly approved by the City, no valet parking licensee shall use any public parking space located
in a City parking lot for valet parking. No licensee, valet parking operator or valet attendant or employee
shall deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking meter a coin for the purpose of parking or increasing or
extending the parking time of any vehicle other than that individual's own vehicle.
(d)   Subject to the approval of the City Commission, the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
adopt rules and regulations to carry out the purpose of this Chapter, to protect the public health, safety and
welfare and to improve the fair, safe and efficient provision of valet parking services to the public. Copies of
the rules and regulations adopted shall be kept on file at the office of the City Clerk and the office of the
Director of Parking Services for free distribution to the public. Any change or alteration in approved rules or
regulations and any new rule or regulation shall be submitted to the City Commission for approval. No such
rule or regulation shall become effective until approved by the City Commission. Any violation of rules or
regulations so promulgated by the City Manager shall be a violation of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.592.  Requirements for Employees.
(a)   Every person holding a license under this ordinance, and any other person operating a valet parking
operation as defined in this Chapter, shall maintain a continuously updated list of the names and residence
addresses, dates of birth and current driver's license numbers of all of its employees who perform valet
parking services. Such list shall be maintained at the business address listed on the license application, and
shall be exhibited on demand of any police officer or other properly identified City employee who requests it.
(b)   It shall be unlawful for any employee whose drivers license is currently suspended, revoked or denied
or who has not been issued a valid, current Michigan driver's license to perform valet parking services. The
licensee shall be jointly and severally liable with the employee for any violation of this provision. Each
licensee shall obtain a photocopy of each employee's driver's license prior to allowing the employee to
operate a customer's vehicle.

(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.593.  Compliance with Applicable Laws.
Nothing in this Chapter is intended to authorize, or authorizes, a licensee, valet parking operator or valet

attendant or employee to park any vehicle or to do or omit any act which results in a violation of any applicable
federal, state or local laws, ordinances, rule or regulation.
(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

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Sec. 7.594.  Pre-Application Requirements.
Prior to applying to conduct a valet parking business which uses a drop-off or pick-up site on a public street

or right-of-way, a potential applicant shall contact the City Traffic Safety Department. The potential applicant shall
submit to the City Traffic Safety Department a preliminary plan for the operation of a valet parking business. This
preliminary plan shall include, at a minimum:

(1)   The name or names of valet client business or businesses that the applicant proposes to serve
from the location for which the application is being made; and
(2)   The names, addresses and phone numbers of the applicant, any other valet parking operators
within one thousand (1,000) feet and the location of the valet client business or businesses, if
different from the applicant; and
(3)   The streets, alleys, public rights-of-way, and traffic control devices within one thousand (1,000)
feet of the valet client business; and
(4)   The location of any valet parking station or
(5)   The location of any proposed valet drop-off location(s); and
(6)   The route that the applicant proposes to use to drive vehicles to and from the valet client
business to the valet parking lot when providing valet services; and
(7)   The days of the week and times of day or night when valet services will be provided.
(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.595.  Valet Parking Services Requirements.
(a)   No person shall perform valet parking services for any valet customer of the business unless the person
or the person's employer holds a valid valet parking operator license for the specific business activity and
location where the valet parking services are performed or is otherwise in compliance with the requirements
of this Chapter.
(b)   No valet client business shall hire or contract with any licensee or valet parking operator to perform
valet parking services unless the valet client business first obtains a copy of the valet parking operator's
license showing that he or she holds a valet parking operator license valid for the specific valet client
business and location.
(c)   No person shall perform valet parking services at any location or for any valet client business or valet
customer unless he or she holds a valid valet parking operator license for that specific location or is
employed by a person who holds such a license.
(d)   No person shall perform valet parking services as a valet attendant or employee unless he or she is
familiar with the requirements of this Chapter and is at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.596.  Valet Parking Plan; Modification of Valet Parking Plan.
The applicant for a license shall submit a valet parking plan to the City containing such information, including

text and diagrams, as the City Traffic Safety Director shall require and showing at least the following:
(1)   The name or names of valet client business or businesses that the applicant has an agreement
to serve from the location for which the application is being made.
(2)   The names, addresses and phone numbers of the applicant, other valet parking operators within

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one thousand (1,000) feet and the location of the valet client business or businesses, if different from
the applicant; and

(3)   The streets, alleys, public rights-of-way, and traffic control devices within one thousand (1,000)
feet of the valet client business; and

(4)   The maximum legal occupancy of the valet client business or businesses as determined by the
Grand Rapids Fire Department, the average number of persons present at the valet client business
during the days of the week and times of the day when valet services will be provided, and the
number of vehicles that the license applicant proposes to provide valet services for at the valet client
business or for others reasonably anticipated to use the licensee's business on the days of the week
and times of the day when valet services will be provided; and

(5)   The location of a valet parking station which is either:

(a)   on the premises of the valet client business or on the premises of another valet client
business which is sharing the valet parking station with the valet client business; or

(b)   on the public right-of-way at a place where the valet client business holds a revocable
approval from the City for such use of the public right-of-way, or on the public right-of-way at
a place where another valet client business which is sharing the valet parking station with the
valet client business holds a revocable approval from the City for such use of the public right-
of-way; and

(6)   A valet drop-off location not more than sixty (60) feet long and not less than thirty (30) feet long
located either:

(a)   on the premises of the valet client business or on the premises of another valet client
business which is sharing the valet drop-off location with the valet client business; or

(b)   on the public right-of-way at a place where the valet client business holds a revocable
approval for such use from the City or on the public right-of-way at a place where another
valet client business which is sharing the valet drop-off location holds a revocable license for
such use from the City; and

(7)   A valet parking lot or lots or other lawful location within a one (1) mile radius of the valet client
business which holds a valid parking lot license and is either:

(a)   located on the premises of the valet client business; or

(b)   located on some other real property on which the licensee or valet client business has a
written lease or agreement licensing the licensee to utilize the real property as a valet parking
lot on the days of the week and at the times of day that the licensee or valet client business
proposes to operate the valet services; and

(8)   The route that will be driven to and from the valet client business to the valet parking lot when
providing valet services;

(9)   The days of the week and times of day or night when valet services will be provided; and

(10)   The number of valet parking attendants that the licensee intends to hire along with a plan for
the training of such valet attendants on the requirements of this article and the valet parking plan,
including but not limited to the valet drop-off location, the valet station, the valet parking lot, the
approved route between the valet client business and the valet parking lot, and any terms conditions,
or limitations placed on the valet parking plan; and

(11)   Any temporary valet parking sign that will be placed on any part of public right-of-way at the
valet client business along with a copy of the revocable license and the approval of the City Engineer
for the erection and use of such sign; and

(12)   A written lease or license agreement showing that the licensee or the valet client business has
the right to park valet customers' vehicles in the off-street valet parking lot or location during the days

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of the week and times of day and night when valet parking will be provided at the valet client
business; and

(13)   Any proposed conditions, terms, requirements, or limitations on the parking plan to protect
public health, safety or welfare; and

(14)   A signed certificate from the valet client business or businesses named in the application
showing that each valet client business has reviewed the valet parking plan and has approved it.

(c)   A licensee or valet client business may share a valet drop-off location, valet station, valet parking lot,
and valet parking signs with one (1) or more other licensees or valet client businesses, all of which hold a
license or have contracted with licensees if:

(1)   The licensees sharing such facilities submit a copy of a written agreement for the sharing of
such facilities as part of the proposed parking plan for the licensee license at each valet client
business; and

(2)   The City Traffic Safety Director finds that the valet drop-off location, valet station, and valet
parking lot as provided in the valet parking plan and the sharing agreement meet the requirements of
this article as to each valet client business.

(d)   The City Traffic Safety Director may disapprove a valet parking plan on any of the following grounds:

(1)   The valet parking plan does not contain or meet one (1) or more of the requirements of this
Chapter; or

(2)   The applicant has not submitted sufficient information or documentation for the City to determine
whether the valet parking plan meets the requirements of this article; or

(3)   The provision of valet parking services at the valet client business or businesses in the manner
shown in the valet parking plan is likely to cause or encourage violations of federal, state or City
laws, ordinances, rules or regulations or to cause unreasonable traffic congestion, unreasonable
hazards to pedestrians, vehicles, valet customers or valet attendants, or other unreasonable or
unnecessary threats to public health, safety, or welfare.

(e)   After completing review of the valet parking plan, the City Traffic Safety Director shall approve the valet
parking plan, disapprove the plan, or approve the plan with terms, conditions, and restrictions that may be
necessary or advisable to protect public health, safety, welfare or convenience. The City Traffic Safety
Director shall forward his or her approval, disapproval, or approval with conditions, terms, limitations, and
restrictions to the City Clerk. In the event that the City Traffic Safety Director approves the valet parking plan
with conditions, terms, limitations, or restrictions, the City Traffic Safety Director shall attach the conditions,
terms, limitations, and restrictions in writing to the approval along with a statement briefly describing why
such conditions, terms, limitations, and restrictions are necessary to protect public health, safety, welfare or
convenience. Any license issued by the City Clerk shall contain those conditions, terms, limitations and
restrictions as well as any others imposed by the City in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare.

(f)   The applicant shall have the right to contest the validity of such conditions, terms, limitations, and
restrictions in an informal administrative hearing before the City Manager or the City Manager's designee
within twenty-one (21) days of the issuance of the conditional license. A request for such an appeal shall be
filed in writing with the City Clerk.

(g)   Any licensee may apply to the City for a modification of the valet parking plan approved at the time the
licensee's license was issued. Such an application for a modification shall be processed as provided for in
this Chapter. Any approved modification of the valet parking plan shall be in writing and shall become a
condition of the license. The City Traffic Safety Director may issue a temporary approval of the proposed
modified valet parking plan pending consideration of the full application by the City Clerk. The City Traffic
Safety Director shall forward any modification of the approved valet parking plan as well as any temporary
approval of modifications to the valet parking plan to the City Clerk and Police Department.

(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

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Sec. 7.597.  Terms of the License.
(a)   Every license shall be issued in writing and shall be valid for the City license year in which it is granted.
(b)   Every licensee shall be issued to a specific licensee for a specific valet client business or businesses at
a specific location, and shall not be valid for any other location.
(c)   A licensee shall obtain a separate license for each location where the licensee provides valet services.
(d)   Every license includes the contents, terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations of the valet parking
plan approved at the time the license is issued, or as modified in writing by the City after issuance, and they
shall be conditions of the license. The City Clerk may impose any additional term, condition, requirement, or
limitation on any licensee license that the City Clerk may determine is necessary to protect public health,
safety, welfare or convenience.
(e)   The issuance of a license under this article does not grant the licensee any right, license, franchise, or
property right in any part of the public right-of-way under the license itself or under the terms of any
revocable approval for use of the public right-of-way issued or utilized in connection with such license. The
City and any of its police officers or identified employees may require that the licensee or any valet client
business to temporarily or permanently suspend its valet parking operation, the use of its valet drop-off
location, or remove its valet parking station or valet parking sign from a part or all of the public right-of-way
in order to protect public safety, to facilitate special transportation needs, to license construction, for parades
and other special events, or for other public purposes.

(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

Sec. 7.598.  Suspension or Revocation of License and Administrative Fines.
In addition to any grounds for suspension, revocation or denial set out elsewhere in this Code, the following

shall be grounds for suspension, revocation or denial of a license provided for in this Chapter:
(1)   Any false or misleading statement of material fact on an application for a license or to any City
employee enforcing this article or conducting an investigation pursuant to the provisions of this
article; or
(2)   The commission of any act prohibited under this article or the failure to perform any act required
under this article by the licensee or an employee of the licensee, or the aiding, abetting, authorizing,
counseling or permitting of any such commission or omission; or
(3)   Violation of any term, condition or limitation on a license or authorizing or permitting another to
commit such a violation, or
(4)   Committing any crime involving violence or theft or the commission of any such act by a person
employed by the licensee;

(b)   In addition to or in the alternative to any suspension, revocation, or administrative fine provided in this
section, the City Clerk may impose new or additional terms, requirements, conditions, or limitations on any
license issued under this article.
(c)   For purpose of this Chapter and the suspension, revocation or denial of any licensee, or the imposition
of any new terms, conditions, limitations, or restrictions on such license, any act or omission of a valet
attendant or other employee that occurs in the course of his or her employment as a valet attendant or
employee of the licensee shall be conclusively imputed to the licensee.
(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

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Sec. 7.599.  Waiver of Licensing Requirements For Certain Events.
(a)   The City Manager may waive the licensing requirements of this article for certain events where:
(1)   The event occurs only once in any twelve (12) month period within the City; and
(2)   The event does not exceed five (5) days in duration; and
(3)   The event is not held at an arena, business, hall, concert venue, dance venue, special events
venue, or other building, structure or place that has a permanent location and regularly conducts
special events, concerts, entertainment, or similar special events.
(b)   Any waiver issued by the City Manager under this section shall be in writing.

(Ord. No. 2002-11, § 1, 2-26-02)

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